Transcript Chapter 11 the Enlightenment The Rise of Concerts

Chapter 11
Prelude: Music and
the Enlightenment
The Rise of
Concerts
Key Terms
Public concerts
The Rise of Concerts (1)
Public concerts a new phenomenon
Prompted by growing middle class &
emphasis on “the pursuit of happiness”
Holywell Music Room, Oxford, England
• First hall built specially for concerts, 1748
Concerts proliferated throughout Europe
in last half of the century
• But composers still relied on church & court
patronage and the opera house for their
livelihoods
The Rise of Concerts (2)
Subscription series & benefit concerts
especially popular
Concerts featured orchestral, chamber, &
vocal music
Gave particular impetus to creation of new
orchestral works
• Purely orchestral music moved into the public
arena for the first time
• Haydn’s London Symphonies & many Mozart
piano concertos written for public concerts